Tallmadge senior offensive lineman Joe Lowery has given an oral commitment to accept a football scholarship offer from Ohio University.

Lowery, who is 17, is 6-foot-6 and 290-pounds. He earned third-team All-Ohio honors in Division II as a junior last year, his first as a starter. The Blue Devils won their third Suburban League title in a row last season and are 20-1 against league foes since 2010.

Ravenna Athletic Director Dave McBee said his school is content in the Portage Trail Conference Metro Division after attending informational meetings involving other options.

“We are pretty happy with our current situation in the PTC,” McBee said. “We attended meetings with the Suburban League and with schools such as Aurora and Kenston [who will be leaving the Chagrin Valley Conference in two years], and we were the smallest school [in enrollment] at both meetings. We would like to avoid being the smallest school in a league.”

Buchtel is set to host a 3-on-3 boys basketball tournament today [Saturday] and Sunday in the three gymnasiums within the Community Learning Center that includes the high school and Perkins Middle School.

Griffins coach Stephen White said there are 47 teams scheduled to compete in the “The Basketball Bout.” Teams, which range from sixth graders to seniors in high school, will play from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Suburban League Commissioner Keith Walker said Tuesday he has been in contact with several people about Green High School, which is deciding whether to stay in the Suburban League or move to the Federal League for athletics.

“I did talk to [Federal League Commissioner] Joe Eaton at length [Monday] night,” Walker said. “I think where everybody is right now is waiting on Green to decide on what they are going to do.”